MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about the fine new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
deals with
issues
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
Recent
improvements in
blended learning technology are empowering
students
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOC courses are
usually free
but do not
always
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
issues that
online learning institutions
are struggling with
now that elearning technology is
improving so rapidly.
How can stakeholders
be assured that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
passable?
How can organizations
be assured that
teachers are properly credentialed
to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
institutions like
Cape Verde to conduct these MOOCs?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can participants
handle issues like
low
learner motivation and high
student attrition?
As online learning becomes more
widespread there is a
developing
desire
to comprehend how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Trainers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
the outcomes of these
fascinating new open education
experiments.
Lecturers want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC courses
can be made better.
To meet this
increasing
demand for
knowledge
the new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues.
This scholarly new book
also explores the
key controversies associated with
these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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